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Further charges laid in high risk search warrant arrests

Further charges have been laid following the execution of two high risk search warrants in Peace River.

The Peace Regional RCMP, with assistance of the Emergency Response team executed the search warrants at a residence on 94 Street and 82 Avenue on March 3. Seven occupants from the residence were taken into custody, and no one else was involved in the incident.

According to a press release issued by the Peace Regional RCMP, “upon execution of the search warrants it became evident to police that they had now entered into the scene of another serious criminal investigation.”

The Peace Regional Detachment and the Peace Regional General Investigation Section, along with the Edmonton RCMP General Investigation Section cooperatively investigated the incident, and have determined that an adult male was forcibly confined, beginning the day prior to the police executing the search warrants.

The adult male victim, police allege, was restrained, burned and beaten over hours. He was discovered during the high risk execution by the Emergency Response Team.

Four of the adults originally taken into custody are now facing further charges in relation to the forcible confinement and aggravated assault investigation.

31-year-old Eugene L’Hirondelle, 47-year-old Darren Taylor, 35-year-old Kimberly Stranaghan, and 27-year-old Travis Cardinal, all of Peace River, each face the following four charges:

Conspiracy to Commit Forcible Confinement

Forcible Confinement

Aggravated Assault

Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Assault

All four remain in custody and a bail hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 20, 2017.

All four remain in custody and a bail hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 19, 2017.

“RCMP believe this to be an isolated, drug related and targeted offence where there is no further risk to the general public” Staff Sergeant Brent Meyer of Peace Regional RCMP is quoted saying in the press release. “This was definitely a situation of the RCMP being in the right place at the right time in order to stop the above offence.”